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Feb. 19, 1946. B. M.,WILLIAMS CONTAINER 2 sheets Sheet 1 Filed Match 3. 1944 1/15 4rropMEKs.

-Feb. 19, 1946. B, wlLLlAMS 23095 353 CONTAINER Filed March 5 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M5 147' roam/5 vs.

mean Penis, 1 946 comm Benjamin M. Williams, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., .a corporation of Maryland Application March 3, 1944, SerialNo.5 24,855 l t scam -(01.22245) s invention relates to"containers, particularly shipping. cartons of the kind having a body and'a' cover with tongues for locking the cover 'to'the'body. The principal object-of the present invention is to provide a slip cover of the above 5 type having a strong and durable end wall constructlon-including a locking tongue and readily accessible (means for disengaging the locking tongue from the body. The inventi V consists'in the carton and in the construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

bols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. i is a side 'elevational view' of. a carton "embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of said carton,

Fig.3 is a perspective view of thebody of the carton: I

Fig.4 iisfa' fragmentary perspective view of the I sulcov'er ot-the carton,

5 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the slip cover on the line' 5-5 in'Figvi I Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view' on the line t-O in Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which -the cover is made; and w In the-accompanyingdrawings, which form' part of this specification-and wherein like symtwo side wall panels l2 with end I: that 'are of a lengthmore than half the width of said top wall and are each notched, as at l 5, the notch in one flap being in its outer edge and the notchin the other flap being in its inner edge. The end flaps ll .of the top wall panel H) are folded along score lines It that extend from end to end of said flapsniidway of the freeQoutr edges thereof and the score lines 9. The outer portions of the end f flaps II have U-shaped slits l1 cut therein, and

the portions defined by these slits are adapted to beiolded along the score'lines It to form locking 'tongues 18 and to leaveopenings I9 flthe porjions ofth'e flaps vacated by said tongues. As shown in the drawi the tongues I! may have parallel slits 20 therein midway of their side i edges, said slits extending from score lines 2l 1 formed in said tongues between their free edges and the score lines ltand extending across the latter into'the inner portions of. the end flaps l I where they are connected by cross slits 20a so as to provide pull tabs 22 for said ton ues.

The slip cover B is setup or erected by-flrst folding the side wall panels I2 upwardly along 25 .the score lines land then-bending the end flaps ll thereof inwardly along the score lines 9 into overlapped and interlocked relation by extending a each flap through the notch ii in the other flap.

Figs. 8 and 9 are fragmentary perspective views The end flaps ll of the top wall panel I are then v showing the-cover in process of erection.

In the accompanying drawings,- my invention is shown-embodied in a ing a body A nd a sh *coi'rugatedlboard'flberboard or other bendable material. 'The body -A preferably-comprises a bottom wall I with upstanding end flaps 2 and Piling carton comprisupstanding side walls '3 with end flaps 4 that are bent inwardly and suitably inte 'locked with the bottom wall flaps to form two-ply end walls. The

wall flaps 'thereabove to provide spaces or' pockets a B, with the locking tongueslaldepending-therefrom, is slipped over the top of the body B and for cover locking tongues hereinafter described. The side wall'flape 4 "are scored, as at 1, above the hand holes 5 sothat the tabs 6 are adapted to swing inwardly away from said hand holes.

The body A is Shown and described in detail in my eopending a p cation SerialNo.5 2;4,854 filed concurrently herewith.

tudina'lscore lines I and transverse score lines l intoa top wall panel ill with end flaps II "and cover B, both made of.

tongues 18 areof greater width than the width of the overlap of the interlocked end portions of.

bent upwardly along the score lines 8 outside'of the interlocked-end naps II of the side walls and are thence rebent along the scorer-lines it against the inner sides of said interlocked end flaps, the

the side wall flaps li, thereby permitting relatively close contact between the intumed portions of the top wall flaps II and the portions of the sidewall flaps between the overlapped por-' tionsthereof and the sidewalls l2.

By the arrangement described, the .slip cover is quickly and easily locked thereto by bending said locking tongues along the score lines It in wardly through the hand holes 5 and thence along so the score lines 2| upwardly aronnd the upper edges oi said holes and between'the bottom wall flaps 2 and side wall flaps 4 of said body. When it is desired to unlock the cover 28, the exposed free outer ends of the pull :tabs 22 of the tucked-in lockingtongues Ilaregraspedbytheflnrernnd quickly and easily set up; and the-cooperating end flaps II and I3 provide end walls that are strong and rigid despite the portions that are cut from the flaps H to form .the cover-locking tongues IB.

What I claim is: 1. A carton comprising a body anda cover therefor, said-body having a wall with. a hand hole therethrough, and said cover having a corresponding wall with a locking flap that is bent inwardly through said hand hole into said body, the cover wall and said locking flap being slit to provide a relatively long pull tab that is bent inwardly with said locking flap through said hand hole and is anchored to the portion of said looking flap located in said body and terminates in an exterior free end portion that is disconnectable fromsaid cover wall for withdrawing said locking fiap from said hand hole.

2. A carton comprising a body and a cover therefor, said body having two-ply end walls with hand holes through the outer plies only thereoi,.,

and said cover having end walls'with locking tongues depending therefrom that are bent inwardly through said hand holes and have their free end portions bent upwardly around the upper slit upwardly tucked-in portions of said tongues and extend from said tucked-in portions outwardly through said hand holes where they terminate in free end portions that are disconnectable from said end walls of said cover tor withdrawing said tucked-in portions oi said tongues from between said inner and outer plies and through said hand holes.

3. A carton comprising a body and therefor, said body having end. walls with hand holes therein, said cover comprising a top wall having end flaps and depending side walls having end-flaps that are bent inwardly with their end portions overlapped and interlocked, the end flaps of said top wall being folded downwardly outside 01 said, overlapped side wall flaps and thence vupwardly around the lower edges thereof and along the inner sides thereof, the upwardly folded edges thereof and tucked between the inner and outer plies of said two-ply end'walls, the end walls of said cover and said locking tongues being portions of said end flaps of said top wall being cut outto provide locking tongues that are bent inwardly through said handholes and thence up wardly inside said body, said locking tongues being cut out to provide pull tabs thereon that are bent inwardly and upwardly with said locking tongues and terminate in exposed free outer ends that are accessible from the exterior or said carton for withdrawing said locking tongues from said hand holes, the cut outs in the upwardly folded portions of said end flaps of said top wall being wide enough to accommodate the overlapped and interlocked end portions of the inturned side wall flaps.

- v BENJANIIN M. WILLIAMS.

to provide pull tabs that are connected to the I a slip cover, 

